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86, at 4:15 p.m.; lowest, 67, at 6:15 a.m.
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Late News Bulletins
Milk Union Breaks Off Negotiations
Milk drivers and dairy employes belonging to Local 246
announced late today they had broken off negotiations with
the dairy industry serving Washington and would be “forced
to withdraw” from further work, except to serve hospitals and
military establishments. The Milk Drivers and Dairy Em
ployes’ Union said that after months of negotiations the
employers “have offered nothing in the way of concessions, in
hours, conditions or wages.”
Empire City Daily Double Pays $1,165.40
EMPIRE CITY RACE TRACK (&).—’The second biggest
daily double in New York racing history was paid to 41
persons today after Daring won the first race and Foust 2nd
the second. The payoff was $1,165.40. compared with the rec
ord of $1,405.40, established at Aqueduct on June 18. Daring
paid $58.90 and Foust 2nd $31.40.
Chandler Cleared of Charges
He Helped Friend Get Contracts
By GOULD LINCOLN.
In a report filed today by the Sen
ate's Truman Committee, Senator
Chandler, Democrat, of Kentucky
was completely exonerated of
charges made by his rival for the
Democratic senatorial nomination,
former Representative John Young
Brown, that he had accepted a $10,
000 swimming pool as recompense
for obtaining Government contracts
for Ben H. Collings, a Louisville con
tractor.
The report was laid before the
Senate by Senator Hatch, Democrat,
of New Mexico, acting in place of
Chairman Truman, who was absent
from the city. It was based on an
Investigation into the charges of Mr.
Brown, made by a committee in
vestigator, after Senator Chandler
and Mr. Brown had both requested
an investigation be made.
The charges were to the effect
I that Senator Chandler had used
, his office to assist Mr. Collings in
| obtaining prime war contracts as
j well as subcontracts, and that as a
; consideration for this assistance,
| Senator Chandler received a $10,000
swimming pool constructed at his
home in Versailles, Ky.. by Mr. Col
longs. It was charged further that
Mr. Collings, in the construction of
the pool had violated priority regu
lations relating to steel and brass,
and that the construction of the
pool violated a War Production
Board order which prohibits cer
tain new construction after April
9, 1942.
And finally Mr. Brown charges
there had been irregularities in the
awarding of some contracts to Mr.
Coilings.
The report of the committee said
Mr. Brown had been asked if he
"(See-CHANDLER, Page 2-X.)
Defrauding of War Workers
Laid to Illinois Politician
By the Associated Press.
BLOOMINGTON, 111., July 16.—
George W. Ziller, Springfield Demo
cratic politician, was named in five
indictments today on allegations
that through confidence games and
conspiracy he unlawfully obtained
money from workers at Government
ordnance plants.
Three indictments charged that
Ziller, who weighs 538 pounds,
worked a confidence game on men
who wanted trucking jobs at the
£ankakee and Elwood ordnance
plants.
He got $300 from two men and
$350 from another, the indictments
said, by pretending to have power to
control the employment of trucks
and truck drivers In connection with
the construction of the huge Gov
ernment-financed projects.
Zlller and Zepha Gullion of Wat
seka were charged in one conspiracy
indictment with getting $2S each
from Iroquois County residents who
wanted jobs as laborers at the muni
tions plants south of Joliet.
The other conspiracy indictment
charged that Ziller and Russell
Brandt and John Mients, both of
Weston, organized the Weston Dem
ocratic Club last July so that dues
of $25 a year could be collected from
the members, mostly employes of
the munitions plants.
Ickes Lengthens Duck Season
10 Days as Birds Multiply
IB« A irAHi tail Durm s « a •
Federal migratory birdhunting
regulations for 1942 were announced
today by Secretary of the Interior
lekes, providing a 70-day shooting
season for ducks instead of the 60
days permitted in 1941.
Duck hunting will begin in the
northern zone on September 26, in
termediate zone, October 15, and
southern zone, November 2.
While easing the restrictions on
hunting ducks, which showed a
vast growth in numbers last year,
Mr. lekes tightened rules for the
protection of geese, doves and other
birds that have not increased in
population.
Duck hunting hours will run from
sunrise to sunset, instead of from
sunrise to 4 p.m. as formerly, and
legally killed birds may be possessed
for 30 days after the close of the
season, instead of 20 days.
xYcgumuuna governing Dag ana
possession limits of ducks remain
unchanged except that a new pro
vision makes the possession limit
on the first day of hunting con
form to the daily limit.
The regulations reduced the bag
limits on geese and included other
special safeguards, since investiga
tions had shown a decline in goose
populations other than the blue
variety.
Mourning-dove bag and possession
limits also were reduced, from 12
to 10 and the seasons were short
ened from 42 to 30 days in 14 States
—Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis
sippi. Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri,
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Fifteen-day woodcock seasons
with four-a-day bag and eight
bird possession limits remain as
last year.
Falkenburg Bests Oliver
In Eastern Junior Finals
B} the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 16—Bob Fal
kenburg of Hollywood won the East
ern Junior tennis championship to
day by defeating Charles Oliver of
Perth Amboy, N. J., 6—3, 6—4, 17—
15, in a thrilling final at the West
Bide Tennis Club, Forest Hills.
Games in the marathon third set
followed service without a break
until the 32d game, when Falken
burg finally smashed through.
Frick Fines Bithorn $25
After Cub-Dodger Row
(Earlier Story on Page C-l.)
8> t.ht Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 16.—President
Ford Frick of the National League
today fined Pitcher Hiram Bithorn
of Chicago $25 and warned both
Manager Leo Durocher of the
Dodgers and Jimmy Wilson of the
Cubs for their conduct in yesterday’s
game at Chicago.
Bithorn was fined for throwing
the ball into the Brooklyn dugout
after taking a riding from the
Dodger bench. The game, won 10-5
by the Dodgers, saw rival pitchers
dusting off the batters repeatedly
end general bickering among the
players.
Lopez at White House
In Farewell Call
President-elect Alfonso Lopez of
Colombia, who has been visiting in
the United States for nearl ytwo
weeks, paid a farewell call on Presi
-dent Roosevelt this afternoon and
told reporters he was going back to
Colombia “more confident than
When I came.’’
The President-elect planned to go
to New York late today and leave
izom there for Colombia next week.
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Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Boston—
Chicago- 002 010 0 —
Boston . 000 000 —
Batteries—Ross unit Turner; H. New
»omp, Brown and Conroy.
At Philadelphia—
St. Louis ... 000 021 00 —
Philadelphia 000 100 00 —
W*rli*?rte*—Hollln*,wor‘h' Ferrell; Harris.
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At New York—
Cleveland .. 002 100 0 —
New York.331 000 1 —
h.m,tRo«r-*<ard"' Miln*r- H«*ni B»"
Detroit at Washington—8:30 P.M.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Chicago—
Brooklyn ... 000 000 00 —
Chicago-001 112 1 —
. ?*,,t.,rit£r~D,lZls' Komb»» anil Owen;
Schmitz, Warnrkr and MeCullouth.
Boston at Cincinnati (night).
Philadelphia at St. Louis (night).
New York at Pittsburgh (night).
Today's Home Runs
American League.
Rolfe. New York. 2nd.
Laabs. St. Louis, 5th inning.
Hockett, Cleveland. 2d inning.
National League.
McCullough, Chicago, 6th inning.
Industrialist, 74, Dies
MONTEREY. Calif., July 16 (A5).—
John Magee, 74, former New York
industrialist, died yesterday at his
Pebble Beach home.
Mr. Magee formerly was active In
various coal and rail enterprises
and was a director of many national
and international corporations, and
was once active in New York State
affairs.
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U. S. to Charge
Ten as Nazis'
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Accomplices
Biddle Authorizes
Counts in Chicago,
New York, Brooklyn
Earlier Story On Page A-l
Attorney General Biddle an
nounced today that he had au
thorized filing of charges against
10 of the 14 persons—eight men
and six women—rounded up by
the FBI recently as accomplices
of the eight Nazi saboteurs now
on trial before a military com
mission at the Justice Depart
ment.
The 10 Mr. Biddle said, will be
charged with “unlawfully and know
ingly receiving and assisting the
eight Nazi saboteurs in order to
hinder their apprehension, trial and
punishment, after the latter, enemies
of the United States, and acting for
and on behalf of the German Reich,
unlawfully entered the United States
for the purpose of committing of
fenses against the Articles of War
and of committing acts of sabotage,
espionage and other hostile acts.”
3 Held on Presidential Warrants.
Attorney General Biddle explained
that the failure to prefer charges
against the other four is due to the
fact that three of them have been
arrested on Presidential warrants
charging them with being “danger
ous alien enemies.” and the fourth—
Ernst Herman Kerkohf, of New
York city—is being held pending
further investigation.
Three of those against whom
charges have not yet been ordered
are Mrs. Maria Kerling. mother of
one of the enemy agents on trial,
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jaques of
Chicago.
Attorney General Biddle's an
nouncement was made shortly be
fore the special military commis
sion trying the eight Nazis ad
journed for the day.
File Complaint* Tomorrow.
Acting under instructions from
Assistant Attorney General Wendell
Berge, in charge of the Criminal
Division, on whose recommendation
the Attorney General's authoriza
tion was issued, United 8tates At
torneys in Chicago, New York and
Brooklyn tomorrow will file the
complaints against the following:
In Chicago: Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Richard Wergin, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Wilhelm Froehling, Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Max Haupt.
In New York: Helmut Leiner,
Anthony Cramer, Miss Hedwig En
gemann.
In Brooklyn: Herman Heinrich
Faje.
Four May Be Held in Camp.
The four against whom no charges
have yet been preferred, it was in
dicated by the Justice Department,
may be placed in a concentration
camp until the charges are either
preferred against them or they are
released.
The statement issued by Attorney
General Biddle failed to indicate
where the 10 alleged “accessories” of
the eight Nazi agents will tried.
Ickes Says Pagan Blocked
Puerto Rico Food Fund
Bs the Associated Press.
Interior Secretary Ickes said to
day Puerto Rico Delegate Bolivar
Pagan was responsible for the fail
ure of Congress to appropriate $15,
000,000 for a food program in Puerto
Rico.
Asked at his press conference
about the prospect of obtaining the
$15,000,000, the cabinet member, who
has jurisdiction over the Office of
Territories and Island Possessions,
said:
“Well, we were turned down in
Congress. Congress listened to Del
egate Pagan and he is responsible
for the action, if any one person is.”
“After all, you can’t blame Con
gress if a department asks for
money for Puerto Rico and a person
who is supposed to represent the
people of Puerto Rico says that
either they don’t need it or they
don't want it.
“Congress acted perfectly prop
erly, considering the circumstances.
And Mr. Pagan has to take the re
sponsibility.”
Bill Would Broaden Choice
Of White House Police
A bill permitting appointment of
White House policemen from sources
outside the Metropolitan and U. S.
Park Police Forces was favorably
reported to the Senate today by the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds.
The measure sponsored by Sena
tor Maloney, Democrat, of Connecti
cut, provides that the appointments
are to be made in accordance with
civil service laws. Members of the
White House force appointed under
the bill would be entitled to the
same salary and grade as those
drawn from existing sources.
Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK, July 16 UP).—
Stocks mixed; price variations
narrow. Bonds uneven; some
rails higher. Cotton easy; heavy
liquidation forces values down.
CHICAGO—Wheat down 1 Vi to
174 cents on hedging sales; lit
tle mill buying. Corn weaker in
sympathy with wheat. Hogs
steady to 10 lower; top $14.85;
liberal supplies. Cattle active,
strong to 15 higher; top choice
light steers $14.65.
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TELL OF FAMILY FORTUNE—The House Naval Affairs Commit
tee heard testimony acknowledging that the Arm of William
Scrimgeour & Sons, 1013 Eighteenth street N.W., had made
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$613,798 profits last year on war contracts. Picture leaving the
committee meeting are Bailey (left), William (center) and Max
well Scrimgeour, father and two sons. —A. P. Photo.
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Police Twice RepUlse
Hundreds Trying to
Join Ortiz Cortege
Thousands Defy Rainstorm
In Buenos Aires in Wild
Pro-Democratic Outburst
P> the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, July 16.—
Strong police guards twice
fought and repulsed today sev
eral hundred citizens who sought
to join the funeral cortege of
former President Roberto M.
Ortiz, but thousands braved a
rainstorm to turn the occasion
into a fervent pro-democratic
demonstration.
The first clash was in front of
Buenos Aires Cathedral.
As the procession formed and the
casket was placed on a gun carriage,
about 500 persons surged forward
with the evident intention of joining
the procession for the man whose |
death removed one of the hopes of
democratic forces in this country.
Series of Fist Fights.
Police repelled them in a series of
fist fights, and the procession got
under way while the crowd followed,
shouting, “Ortiz,” and “Viva le
Democracia.”
Halfway to the cemetery mounted
police charged into a crowd of sev
eral hundred demonstrators. Two
policemen were unhorsed and two
civilians were injured and removed
in ambulances.
Ortiz died yesterday morning,
three weeks after he had resigned
the presidency because of ill health,
leaving office without having realized
his ambition of assuring Argentina’s
allegiance to democratic ideals.
The crowd today, growing steadily
as the funeral cortege moved along
the streets, cheered for democracy,
shouted, “We loved him,” and “They
killed him.”
Citizens had filed past the casket
tnrougnout last night as the body
lay in state at Government House.
Funeral Oration Today.
This morning Foreign Minister
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu pronounced
the funeral oration in behalf of the
government.
Then the basket was taken to the
cathedral for requiem mass, with
President Ramon S. Castillo and
members of his government fol
lowing.
Police had taken unusual pre
cautions to preserve order. The
funeral of former President Mar
cello de Alvear March 25 was
transformed into a pro-democratic
demonstration when the crowds
swept away guards and bore the
basket on their shoulders to the
grave.
Carolina War Games
Enter Second Phase
By the Associated Press.
WADESBORO, N. C„ July 16.—
Tanned and toughened soldiers of
the Sixth Army Corps moved into
their second field exercise of the
week in the Carolinas maneuver area
at noon today after only one day of
respite from the stringent practice
routine.
The Red force, commanded by
Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow took
up positions south of the Rocky
River in North Carolina under or
ders to repel an attack by the much
stronger Blue Army, headed by Maj.
Gen. Alvah C. Gillen, jr.
Reports received here said the
Reds had thrown up extensive field |
fortications in an effort to offset as
far as possible the superior strength
of Gen. Gillen’s forces.
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‘Socially Inclined' Agent Tells
Of Getting $431,463 in Fees
Entertained Coast Guard, Navy Officers;
D. C. Family of Four Made $613,798
(Earlier Story on Page A-3.)
By the Associated Press.
Horace Ward of Washington, a war contract commission agent,
today acknowledged earnings of $431,463 in an 18-month period,
and said he entertained Coast Guard and naval officers with whom
he did business because “I’m socially inclined.”
Mr WarH onrvnrpH h#f nr a .. - — ...... . — ■
House Naval Affairs Committee, now
investigating the operations of com
mission agents who obtain war con
tracts for manufacturers throughout
the country. He said he had plenty
of manufacturers as clients.
Earlier a Washington family of
four acknowledged that it had real
ized profits of $613,798 In 1941 by ob
taining war contracts for 11 manu
facturers on a commission basis.
In response to questions, Mr. Ward
testified that he charged off parties
and presents to naval and Coast
Guard officers as part of his sales ex
penses.
That statement came after Wil
liam Shaughnessy of committee
counsel introduced a letter in which
Mr. Ward wrote a client that "When
I tell you I can do something in the
(See CONTRACTS, Page 2-X.)
RAF Bombards
Ruhr, Holland
In Daylight
Bj the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 16.—British
bombers raided Germany in day
light this afternoon, it was an
nounced authoritatively.
Lone bombers protected by clouds
dropped bombs on separate mis
sions in the industrial Ruhr, other
parts of Northwest Germany and in
the Netherlands.
Fighter activity W'as restricted by
bad weather but some patrols at
tacked railway yards and other ob
jectives along the French coast.
German raiders attacking in the
East Midlands this morning ma
chine-gunned men and women going
to work and bombed one town,
causing fires and some property
damage.
Informed British said bad flying
nrootVsor* nr/or the nnnHnonf Irflnt tVi A
RAP from raiding Germany last
night for the second night in suc
cession.
U. S. Arms Shipment
Received by Mexico
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. July 16.—A ship
ment of arms purchased in the
United States, including anti-air
craft equipment, anti-tank guns and
motorized equipment, arrived in
Mexico yesterday and will be dis
tributed to the arm^d forces at once,
President Avila Camacho’s office
announced today.
Late Races -
Earlier Results, Selections and
Entries for Tomorrow, Page 2-X.
Empire City
FOURTH RACE—Purse *1.500, allow
ances; maiden 2-year-olds; 5V, furlongs.
Ariel Play (Westrope) 5.40 3.10 2.70
Seaward Bound (Longden) 3.50 3.20
Harford (Nodarse) 5.40
Time—1:00 2-5.
Also Ran—Pentland Firth. Tagge.
f Shotlo. Hidden Ace. Flight Eagle. Shanty
Row. Rex. f Spring Tornado. Dust By.
f Fanishing Ace. Dr. Johnson, f Field,
Hagerstown
THIRD RACE—Purse *000. claiming: 4
year-olds and up; 6V» furlongs.
Ler-Lln (Balzarette) 0.50 2.BO 2.50
Red Wings (Kirk) 2.70 2.30
Mighty Busy (Kirk) 2.80
Time—1:21.
Also Ran—Little Mowlee. Nora R.,
Cathode, Clay Hill.
Suffolk Downs
FOURTH RACE—Purse, *1.200: claim
ing: .’1-year-olds: 1 mile.
Sound Effect (May) . 1B.20 7.40 4.20
Stell (Brennan) 5.00 3.40
Arthur Murray (Young) 3.00
Time. 1 :38 2-5.
Also ran—Blue Nose, Whiscendent,
Shasta Man.
FIFTH RACE—Purse. *2.000; The Tux
edo :.l-year-olds; 53/« furlongs.
Flatsht (Robertson) 11.20 3.50 2.BO
Ben Gray (Garza i 2.50 2.30
Carillon (McCreary) 3.70
Time, 1:07 4-5.
Also ran—Natomas. Reformatory, Beon
by Bean and Burgaway.
Arlington Park
THIRD RACE—Purse, *1.400: claiming;
3-year-olds and up: 0 furlongs.
Try Flight (Barney) 85.40 26.80 12.00
Latent (Brooks) 13.20 8.20
Captain Fury (Neves) 6.60
Tim*. i:I4 3-5.
Alio ran—vFloat Away. Bird High, Big
■iff. Oray Mystery. Briargo. TJownv Pil
low. Oal Ann. Dora May and Hasty Kiss,
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28 Die as Subs Sink
Two U. S. Vessels in
Gulf and Atlantic
63 Survivors Landed;"
Unofficial Total of
Vessels Lost Now 376
(Earlier Sinkings Story on
Page A-2.)
Bj the Associated Press.
The Axis U-boat campaign In
the Western Atlantic added two
more ship victims to its long
list as the Navy announced today
the sinking of two medium sized
United States merchant vessels,
one in the Atlantic off the coast
of South America, the other in
the Gulf of Mexico.
The sinkings brought the unoffi
cial Associated Press compilation
of Allied and neutral wartime ship
losses to 376 since Pearl Harbor.
The Navy said 27 men of the 42
man crew aboard the ship sunk in
the Gulf July 9 perished, the re
maining 15 reaching a Gulf Coast
port safely. Forty-eight survivors
of the merchantman sunk in the
Caribbean late the night of June
20 put in at an East Coast point,
with only the radio operator, whose
missing.
Ship Was Blacked Out.
Two torpedoes crashed into 'the
port side of the vessel sunk in the
Gulf while it was lying blacked out
close to shore on a moonless night.
Five men were on lookout, and the
enemy sub neither surfaced nor
shelled the ship, survivors oh land
ing said.
Most of the crew were asleep below
decks when the torpedoes struck, en
veloping the bridge and the forward
part in a sheet of flame. The men
rushed on deck and plunged over
board, swimming to windward to
avoid the flames until they reached
a burning lifeboat. They extin
guished the Are and used the
charred boat to row to shore where
they built a signal fire and were
picked up by an unidentified fishing
vessel and taken to port.
In the Atlantic sinking on June
20, the ship’s whistle became jammed
causing her to go down with an eerie
shriek of farewell.
"It was the saddest note I’ve ever
heard,” related Capt. Peter C. Win
sens of Bayside Hills. Long Island,
(See SINKINGS, Page 2-X.)
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U. S. Will Purchase Six
Former Italian Planes
B.» the Associated Pres*.
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 16.—
Ambassador Jefferson Caffery an
nounced today that the United
States would buy six Savoia
Marchetti tri-motored passenger
planes, several spare motors and
other parts formerly belonging to
the Italian South Atlanttic Airline
Lati.
The line and equipment were con
fiscated by the Brazilian government
recently.
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House Opens Debate
On Tax Bill After
Voting 'Gag' Rule
Decision Slated Monday;
Treadway Predicts
'Still More' Levies
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(Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Bj. th* Associated Press.
The House quickly adopted
procedure today which will pre
vent floor amendments to the
$6,143,900,000 tax bill and then
settled down to three days of
general debate which will end
with final votes Monday.
Chairman Sabath of the House
Rules Committee urged the mem
bers to adopt what he said was “a
closed, gag rule” to govertl consid
eration of the legislation even
though he said that he normally op
posed such procedure.
"I have been informed,” he said,
“that this bill is not all—this is the
beginning. In view of that and
the fact that the Senate will con
sider it, in the interest of early
needed action, I feel I should yield
on my convictions.”
Mohe Taxes Exoected.
Meanwhile Representative Tread
way, Republican, of Massachusetts,
told the House that still more taxes
probably would be needed shortly
and that a sales tax “must even
tually be availed of” to help sustain
the war effort and distribute the
cost among all classes.
Making one of the opening
speeches in support of the pending
revenue bill, Represenative Tread
way asserted:
“I would be less than candid if I
did not add that further taxes may
be expected. * * * Inasmuch as
further increases in taxes may be
reasonably anticipated, it may Be
argued that we might as well go the
whole limit now and have it over
with.
"It is my own view, however, that
taxpayers, individual and corporate,
can stand a greater ultimate burden
if it is imposed gradually.”
The ranking minority members of
the Ways and Means Committee told
the House that the Treasury De
partment was “bitterly opposed” to
a sales tax and “preferred to have
the bill fall short of the goal rather
than take the sales tax to make up
the difference.”
Ability to Pay Basis.
“Whatever its demerits,” he said,
“it must eventually be availed of to
help sustain the Government’s war
effort and distribute the cost over
all the people.
"While it is argued that such a
tax falls more heavily on the poor,
this fact is offset by the imposition
upon the more well-to-do of gradu
ated income taxes, so that in the
end the total tax burden is still
maintained upon a basis of ability
to pay.”
Representative Treadway said he
also would prefer the bill to set a j
corporate excess profits rate of 90 ;
per cent, instead of 87V2 per cent,
and a rate on normal profits of 40
instead of 45 per cent. As for in
dividuals, he said he believed a $600
exemption for single persons was
much preferable to the proposed
$500 level. The committee reduced
the present single exemptions from
$750 and for married couples from
$1,500 to $1,300.
British Rescue Launch
Is Sunk in Channel
B> tN Associated Press.
LONDON, July 16—A launch used
by thelBritish to rescue airmen from
the English Channel was sunk yes
terday by German fighter planes
which attacked a flotilla of the small
boats off the coast of Prance, the
Admiralty and Air Ministry an
nounced tonight.
Other boats were damaged, two
men were killed and several were
wounded, but the boats succeeded in
rescuing two RAP men from the sea.
One German plane was shot down
and another was damaged by gun
fire from the boats, a communique
added, while two more were shot
down and others damaged by RAF
fighters. Two British planes were
lost.
Roosevelt Held
Responsible If
British Attack
German Armistice
Cited as Bar to
U. S. Proposals
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
Pj the A.woci*te<t Pres*.
VICHY, July 16.—The Vichy
French government announced
today that it had officially in
formed the United States that
the proposal by President Roose
velt to move the nine interned
French warships from Alexan
dria to Martinique had to be “re
jected as contrary to the honor
and interests of France.”
The French note, sent July 13 to
Washington concluded: “By expos
ing these dismantled warships to
attack by British forces President
Roosevelt would assume a respons
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French government must once
more underscore.”
The announcement was made on
the same day that the Vichy gov
ernment officially protested to
Washington against assignment of
United States military representa
tives to Gen. Charles de Gaulle be
cause, it was said, this "constitutes
an attack on the sovereignty of
France.”
Instructions Sent to Admiral.
With respect to the fleet, the an
nouncement disclosed that instruc
tions had been sent to Vice Admiral
Rene Godfroy, commanding the
French ships at Alexandria, that
"in no case should they follow
British forces in their retreat” and
that if the British attempted to
"molest” them they should "defend
themselves by all means at their
disposal.”
The announcement' said Admiral
Godfroy had been ordered never to
allow the ships to "fall into foreign
hands.”
The government said it had to re
ject President Roosevelt’s proposals
because it was bound by the arm
istice convention with Germany and
Italy to put French warships in
ports of Unoccupied France to be
immobilized for the duration.
The Berlin radio broadcast this
dispatch:
“The Wilhelmstrasae spokesman,
replying to inquiries by foreign
Journalists, confirmed that the
French chief of government (Pierre
Laval) actually has been in touch
with competent German quarters
on the question of the French war
ships at Alexandria, in regard to
which an exchange of notes has
taken place between Washington
and Vichy.
"On this occasion Laval made sure
again that Germany did not intend
to make use of these French ships.
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Laval told Washington unmistak
ably that these ships ought to be In
a French port."
Pilot Missing After Crash
Of Bolling Field Planes
By the Associated Press.
Officials at Bolling Field reported
today that two Army planes crashed
at 11:50 a.m. today at Fredericks
town, Md„ and that one of the two
pilots parachuted to safety. The
fate of the other was not immedi
ately learned.
Capt. H. H. Norman, commanding
officer of the Bolling Field group, to
which the flyers were attached, said
Second Lt. Robert J. Palenscar, 21,
Philadelphia, parachuted to safety,
but Second Lt. Lewis R. Contardi,
27, of Iran River, Mich., was missing.
The accident occurred in the
vicinity of Sassafras River. A board
of Air Force officers will be appoint
ed to determine the exact cause of
the crashes.
1,654 Trucks and Taxis
Register for Gasoline
L. P. Steuart, chairman of the Dis
trict War Price and Rationing
Board, announced today that 1,153
trucks and 501 taxicabs registered
for gasoline allowances yesterday.
He also said that 1,115 buses. 148
fleets, 159 non-highway and three
miscellaneous vehivles had been reg
istered. The number of supplemental
applications made was 2,309. :
Japs Tightening
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War Hardships
By the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Turkey, July 15.—(De
layed).—Japan was described today wj
by a neutral arriving from Tokio
as a cold and somber country where
people with grim faces are tighten
ing their belts because of hardships
brought on by the war.
The informant, whose name must
be withheld, was a young woman
of a neutral country. She was one
of the first to arrive in the Near
East from Tokio and she reached
Ankara after a 33-day trip across
Russia.
She said she was having lunch in
Tokio when the American bombers
attacked, but she paid little atten
tion to the sirens because Japanese
officials have sounded so many false
alarms.
She said she heard only machine , •
guns firing from the planes and no f
anti-aircraft guns. Later, she said
ihe knew Japan had been raided be
cause the Japanese gave out no de
tails except to say that American
bombs fell in school grounds.
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